mutineers, being assured by the Roumanian authorities that they would not be extradited, have submitted and dis- persed to get in the hay harvest. They have shown no capacity in...

the 10th inst., and was received by the French Fleet with unusual manifestations of respect and amity. Perhaps the most marked evidence of the latter feeling was that the two...

Russian Mission for negotiating peace, now on its way to Washington, has been permitted to resign, and M. Witte has been appointed to replace him. M. Witte is perhaps the ablest...

looking to our land defences, and not trusting for safety wholly to the Navy. The debate was remarkable for a speech by Lord Roberts, which seems to us the most earnest and...

and Germany about Morocco was explained to the French Chamber on Monday by M. Rourier, now Minister for Foreign Affairs as well as Premier. He was very cautious, the bulk of his...

have taken the island of Saghalien, which has been Russian since 1845, and has been used as the Russian Botany Bay. The "capital," Korsakovsk, fell on July 8th, and other points...

the consideration of the Aliens Bill in Committee. The dis- cussion was chiefly remarkable for the attitude taken up by the Prime Minister on the question of the position of...

which they intend to propose to the House on Tuesday next begins by laying down that the number of Members shall not be materially altered, and that new Members shall be given...

obvious that the reform affected will be most inadequate, so in- adequate, indeed, that we are not sure that it would not be better to leave the matter alone, and wait for a...

of the Local Government Board, is to have charge of the measure, shows what will be the practical effects of the Resolution. There is a net gain of seventeen seats to England,...

blame any particular Government, for a Government only reflected national sentiment, and if that sentiment was apathetic, so also would be the action of the leaders. He told the...

Wednesday morning. The well-deserved popularity of the Prince and Princess among all classes makes the popular congratula- tions something more than a mere matter of formality...

the Members of Parliament who act with him, and who believe in a thorough and not a sham Redistribution scheme, have in temperate, but none the less firm, language urged upon...

in London in honour of Independence Day, Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Whitelaw Reid made excellent speeches. Lord Lansdowne put neatly the attitude of the two nations by saying that...

the Tariff Reform League in the Albert Hall. The speech followed the lines which are now only too familiar. His proposals would lower the cost of living among the poor, relieve...

third) were won by the Manchester, City, and London and South-Western Railway Clubs. Twenty-nine rifle clubs in all competed. We offer our heartiest congratulations to the...

which on Wednesday evening induced the Opposition to object to the payment of 25,000 a year to Lord Roberts, and to speak of that payment as if it were something strange and...

a reduction of £100 in the Volunteer Vote of 21,220,000 in order to call attention to the present War Office policy towards the Volunteers. A number of speakers, including Sir...

the Churches (Scotland) Bill was resumed in the House of Commons, the amendment attacking clause 5 coming under discussion. Mr. Arthur Elliot made a clear and conciliatory...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. T HE result of the debate in the House of Commons on the question whether the Government shall be allowed to reduce and maim the Volunteer Force can only be...

Japan to consult on peace have started for Washington, and will no doubt after their arrival hold most interesting discussions on the best form of compromise. They are to meet...

not understand or feel to be things they desire. Conscripts are practically not paid, they are not better fed than they would be at home, they are bullied in barracks by all...

however, the Government are prepared to accept reason- able amendments to their proposal, and after discussion to widen its scope where it can be shown that such widening is...

all checks upon editors. Sensitive authors have sometimes regretted that in England they are denied the liberty which once prevailed in the Western States of America of calling...

additions by Alexandrian Jews to the Hebrew Old Testament, additions accepted by the Romish and rejected by the Protestant Churches—has long had a declining circulation in...

a chance onlooker who, like the present writer, happened to witness, a few days ago, the preparations made by a section of one of the London Volunteer battalions for spending...

matters" in water, both horses and cattle greatly object to other flavours or scents imparted to their drinking-water. A horse kept in a suburban stable refused the water in its...

the politics, or what are thought to be the politics, of Australia. They—the politics, not the heads—are tangled, they are unsatisfactory in a high degree ; and the recent...

SIE,—The Germans have many admirable qualities, as I have had occasion to observe during a prolonged sojourn on the Continent, but they have one real defect,—they lack the...

the few living men who saw the American flag raised at Monterey in 1846. He was a warrant officer on the sloop-of-war Cyane,' a ship that was presented us by the Mother-country...

point out the numerous errors con- cerning the Hungarian Constitution I read in your "News of the Week" of June 24th and July 1st P Writing about the Hungarian crisis, you...

criticise the doings of their official superiors, nor cavil at the work that they will shortly have to execute, may I, as a medical officer of Volunteers, express the hope that...

my Noncon- formist colleagues that your readers have not had an opportunity of knowing why our " suggestions " were acceptable to the Nonconformist members of the Owens College...

of David Ricardo) proposes to print a volume which will record and describe as far as possible the pro- ceedings of the Club from its commencement, with accounts of the...

among the nations, not so much for supremacy as for permission to hold each its own, the bodily vigour of our people, and specially of the classes who should furnish the natural...

Sin,—Will you allow me to appeal, as treasurer of the Women's Holiday Fund to those who are now looking forward to leaving London for rest and change on behalf of the women who...

Sin, — As a stamp-collector of eighteen years' standing. I was much interested to read the letters appearing in your issue of May 20th, 1905, under the title of "A Million...

LTO T II IC EDITOR OV THE "SrEfreATOR-1 a member (on my mother's side) of the ancient family of Cornwall, may I draw your attention to the course which the Dean of Westminster...

" SPECTATOR:] , SIR, —My mother was born in December, 1817, at Valenciennes, where her father (Lieutenant R. J. Saunders, R.A.) was then serving, be having marched from the...

THE "SPECTATOR:1 Jupp's letter on this subject in your issue of July 1st is admirable. He is, however, wrong when be states that a British regiment actually ran away (as...

of the verb "to lay" in place of the verb "to lie." I have no grammar-book to refer to, but I take it that the two verbs are conjugated thus : "lie, lying, lay, lain," and "lay,...

the hope that it may interest other mothers who may be slowly realising the necessity of not faltering "in our own task of joy and thanksgiving," spoken of in the Spectator of...

lately came across the following passage in Sir Henry Maine's "Popular Government" :— " There are few things more remarkable and, in their way, more instructive than the...

A darkling furlong down a leafy lane : And lo I the open valley, the river's shining reaches, The boat-house, and the abandoned rafts again. And there my skiff lies waiting, a...

to the Prizes Fund, and the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers their promised prize of 450, the amount of subscriptions and fees received up to July 13th for the Cheap...

which saw the end of the South African War, and so closed a dark chapter in the history of the British Army, should also have witnessed the death of one of the few men to whom...

other quarters of the globe. There we find no search for golden kingdoms and mystic cities, which shrink on approach to barbarous kraals and savage tribesmen. It was all...

deserving of attentive study. Yezd is not only the refuge of the most ancient of Persian religions, but it is one of the head- quarters of the modern Babi propaganda, the...

they had much the same tastes in work and play. Bruce astonished his companion on one occasion by talking to him with enthusiasm about the prose works of Milton, of which...

WE confess to a preference for the legitimate novel, the story which contains a reasonable number of characters and a more or less complex scheme of action, as against the...

Free Trade versus Protection: Some Considerations on the Case. By T. G. P. Hollet, M.A., Barrister-at-Law, Member of Council of the Unionist Free Trade Club, he. (Cassell and...

and Adventure. By W. S. Percival. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Percival's "adventures" began long before he reached the "Far East." Travelling down from...

Co. 2s. 6d.)—The "City Man" is not humorous, but he is pugnacious, and pugnacity is perhaps the next best thing after humour to make an essay readable. He is often trite. It is...

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and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Sir J. Furley's book is chiefly occupied with a narrative of his experiences in the Franco-German War, where he was engaged in distributing the help...

as hays no been reserved for review in other forms.] Zanzibar in Contemporary Times. By Robert Nunez Lyne. (Hurst and Blackett. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Lyne, who is in the service of...

played withont difficulty or damage in rooms. These come under the head of "Games for Small Spaces." Then there are "Games in Larger Spaces." Further on we find excellent advice...

Rouse, Litt.D. (Blackie and Son), we have Eutropi Breviariwin, Edited by W. H. S. Jones, M.A. (8d. net). A few critical notes are given, and there is an index, and an introduc-...

Blackett. 38. 6d.)—We have not always been able properly to appreciate Mr. Jerome's fun, but Idle Ideas we have found distinctly amusing. They are, in the first place, "Ideas in...

(Chatto and Windus. 2s. and 3s. net per vol.)—Mr. Justin McCarthy's preface avoids all but the most perfunctory notice of the History, and is occupied with a statement of the...

By Henry Bradley. Double Section. (Clarendon Press. 5s.)—It may be as well to recall the state of forwardness in which the Dictionary now finds itself. "A"—" K," then, occupy...

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